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Update made after Germany's Jewish community rejects claim that 'Jude' may be discriminatory due to 'the memory' of word's deployment in Holocaust

The updated definition removed a contentious reference to "Jew" as "discriminatory."

BERLIN (AP) — The leading dictionary of standard German has changed its definition of Jew, or “Jude” in German, after a recent update caused an uproar in the country’s Jewish community — a move reflecting the sensitivities that persist eight decades after the Holocaust.

The leading dictionary of standard German has changed its definition of Jew, or Jude in German, after a recent update caused an uproar in the country’s Jewish community. The Duden dictionary had recently added an explanation to its online edition saying that “occasionally, the term Jew is perceived as discriminatory because of the memory of the National Socialist use of language. In these cases, formulations such as Jewish people, Jewish fellow citizens or people of the Jewish faith are usua...

The leading dictionary of standard German has changed its definition of Jew, or “Jude” in German, after a recent update caused an uproar in the country’s Jewish community

The leading dictionary of standard German has changed its entry on 'Jew,' or 'Jude' in German, after criticism from Germany's Jewish community.

Germanys leading dictionary has changed the definition of the word Jew after recent public outcry.

Dictionary says initial description of 'Jew' as a 'discriminatory word' due to connection to Nazi Germany, revises description to 'a term not perceived as problematic' following criticism from Germany's top Jewish body

The leading dictionary of standard German has changed its definition of Jew, or “Jude” in German, after a recent update caused an uproar in the country’s Jewish community — a move reflecting the sensitivities that persist eight decades after the Holocaust. The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Joseph Schuster, said last week that for him the word “Jew” is neither a swear word nor discriminatory.

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